The city witnessed an unusual sight on Tuesday as Trinamul Congress MLA from Balagarh Manoranjan Bapari rode a rickshaw to ...

But with the advent of the motor scooter, many rickshaws became motorized, with small noisy polluting two-stroke engines providing the motive force. Quieter, cleaner pedal powered units can also ...

when local innovators retrofitted conventional cycle rickshaws with imported Chinese electric motors and lead-acid batteries. In one key respect, they follow the legacy of traditional pedal-powered ...

Judging from the recent reaction of Londonist readers to a post about West End pedicabs — or rickshaws as many know ... in the early-to-mid 1990s, these pedal-powered taxiettes have gradually ...

Bangladesh has the highest number of rickshaws in the world, with an estimated 2.5 million pedal rickshaws, including 500,000 to 600,000 operating in Dhaka alone, according to available information.

On August 26 last year, hundreds of pedal rickshaw drivers blocked roads in Shahbagh, demanding a ban on battery-operated rickshaws. However, on November 19, battery rickshaw drivers launched ...

If you’ve been in central London, it’s likely you will have seen one of the many brightly-lit rickshaws that whizz up and down its streets. Blaring out pop music and often carrying tourists who have ...